John Updike

In 1970, Warren Bloomberg, Baltimore postmaster, placed “hold” signs on mail bags filled with letters for New York, which were piling up in post offices here as a result of the strike started on March 18 by letter carriers in New York. The strike would ultimately spread to some 100 U.S. cities and would involve more than 200,000 postal workers. It ended on March 25. (George H. Cook, Baltimore Sun photo, 1970)

1766: Britain repealed the Stamp Act.

1850: Henry Wells and William Fargo created the American Express Company.

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